Low Back Pain

Title: Low Back Pain Source: http://www.heattreat.ca/lowbackpain.php

Disorders that can result in Low back pain:

- This is a far from complete list, but we put the major players at the top Back injury from • Traumatic Accidents – Vehicles, Sports, Falls, Blows, etc• New exercise programs or sports and leisure activities• Repetitive Motion Injury• Excessive or improper lifting • Other Improper Movements• Poor Posture- Including “guarding” of painful back areaLeading to:• Soft Tissue strain (high occurrence rate)• Soft Tissue Sprain (high occurrence rate)• Muscle Spasms (high occurrence rate)• Normal Inflammation (high occurrence rate)• Spinal Misalignment• Fracture (low occurrence – unless in accident, vehicle, fall, high impact sports accident, osteoporosis, etc)• Disc injury (low occurrence unless already degenerating and/or involved in accident as listed above) The following are in no particular order of priority Degenerative Spine Dis-ease Degenerative Disc Disease (disc disorders - a part of “Degenerative Spine Dis-ease”) Incorrect Sleeping Position Poor Nutrition Essential Fatty Acid Imbalance Poor Sleep Incorrect Low-Back Sleeping Support Stress – Physical and Emotional Pregnancy- especially with excessive weight gain Fibromyalgia Depression Osteoarthritis (a degenerative rheumatic dis-ease) Rheumatic disease - Any one a group of conditions characterized by inflammation and/or pain in the muscles, joints, or fibrous tissue – including connective tissue conditions and diseases that affects the major substances in the skin, tendons, and bones Polymyalgia rheumatica and Giant cell arteritis Facet Joint Syndrome Disc disorders Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome Chronic pain Chronic Inflammation Maldynia Sciatica Piriformis syndrome Osteomalacia softening of the bones due to a deficiency of calcium and phosphorus, is often corrected by supplemental vitamin D and calcium Osteoporosis• Vertebrae Fractures Ankylosing Spondylitis Spondylosis Spinal Stenosis – Spinal Cord and/or Nerve Root Nerve Disorders Bowel Disorders• Crohn's disease • Ulcerative colitis• Leaky-Gut Syndrome Liver dysfunction Whiplash Kidney Stones Body Burden: The number and types of Toxic Chemical (selection up to 80,000) residue present in your tissues: - environmental and occupational radioactive and chemical exposures, (including PCB, pesticide and herbicides, xenoestrogens- and other endocrine disruptors,) and metals Chemical drugs (pharmaceuticals) interactions and side-effects Oxidative Stress Leve Conditions of a more Unlikely nature that can cause low back pain (this list is also not complete) Diskitis: an infection in the disk space is unusual in a patient who has not undergone a lumbar surgery, but it is more prevalent in patients who have a compromised immune system Arachnoiditis: a scarring of the arachnoid membrane , which is a covering of the nerve roots. The most common cause is previous surgery, although some patients may suffer if they have had myelograms, epidural anaesthesia, epidural blocks in the past. Can result from ankylosing spondylitis and syringomyelelia Tumors Spinal Infection Syringomyelia:- cyst(s) that form within the spinal cord destroying the center of the spinal cord Sacroiliitis: (inflammation of the sacroiliac joint, which connects the spine and pelvis) Chlamydia Endometriosis Oophoritis: - Ovary Inflammation Uterine fibroids Prostatitis: - Inflammation or Infection of the prostate Lyme’s Disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever Kidney Liver Prostate Cancer Colorectal Polyps Cancer